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An IAS Officer’s Acting Debut With a Purpose: Ashwani Kumar’s ‘Devyani’ Talks Women’s Safety and Freedom

29 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

For IAS officer Ashwani Kumar, storytelling has never been just entertainment. It has been a way of making difficult ideas easier to understand, especially...

Beyond Headlines

How Uttar Pradesh Turned Its Rural Heartland Into an Agricultural Growth Engine

29 August 2026

Shivendra Srivastava

From irrigation and digital farm payments to rural housing and expressways, Uttar Pradesh is reshaping...

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Change Makers

From Habitat Restoration to Elephant Coexistence: How IFS Shrinivas Tenneti Strengthened Elephant Conservation in Surguja

28 August 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Through habitat development, protection infrastructure, staff training and wildlife rescue, IFS officer...

Change Makers

Listen, Diagnose, Deliver : What Medicine Taught Dr. Samit Sharma About Delivering Better Governance

28 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

A paediatrician-turned-IAS officer, Dr. Samit Sharma believes governance must begin by listening, diagnosing...

Features

Two Chairmen, Two Exits, One Governance Question: Who Really Exercises Power?

27 August 2026

Col MV Shashidhar

The Tata Sons and HDFC Bank episodes expose a deeper governance problem: decision rights mean little...

Must Read

13,000 CAPF Officers Await Cadre Review; Proposals Reach Finance Ministry

20 August 2026

UP Govt Spends ₹9 Crore on Police CUG Numbers, Yet No SP/SSP Answered Public Calls; 72 DMs Also Missed Calls

21 August 2026

Rajasthan Chief Secretary V Srinivas Gets 6-Month Extension; Will Continue Till February 28, 2027

Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas Gets 6-Month Extension; Will Continue Till Feb 28, 2027 - Here's Why

20 August 2026

Videos

From Police Officer to Forensic Pioneer: How Dr Keshav Kumar Made Science a Weapon Against Crime

26 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

How IPS Officer Keshav Kumar Used Forensics to Crack Gujarat’s Lion Poaching Case

20 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

From Kalinganagar to Cybercrime: The Long Journey of Odisha DGP Vinaytosh Mishra

19 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

NHPC Felicitates Sports Scholars and Medal-Winning Employees on National Sports Day 2026

29 August 2026

ONGC Begins Commercial Crude Oil Production at Ashoknagar, Marking Major Milestone for Bengal Basin

29 August 2026

GRSE Bags West Bengal Orders for Hybrid Ferries and Bailey Bridges, Boosting Green Mobility

29 August 2026

RailTel Holds Workshop on Public Procurement and Contract Management Under Vigilance Campaign 2026

29 August 2026

GRSE Wins CSR Times Award 2026 for ‘Hockey for Her’ Initiative Empowering Tribal Girls

29 August 2026

NHPC Holds 50th AGM, Proposes ₹0.21 Final Dividend; Targets 50,000 MW Capacity by 2047

29 August 2026

Electronics Corporation of India Limited ECIL

ECIL Appoints V. A. S. Kannen as Director (Personnel) to Strengthen Human Resource Functions

29 August 2026

NBCC Signs MoU with NHPC for Pan-India Execution of Buildings, Structures and Infrastructure Projects

29 August 2026

Defence News

Rajnath Singh-Led Defence Reforms Ease Export Rules, Expand OGEL Access for Indian Manufacturers

29 August 2026

India And China Strengthen Border Communication With Additional Military Meeting Points

28 August 2026

How India's New Shipping Strategy Could Reduce Reliance On Foreign Carriers

28 August 2026

India Strengthens Naval Capabilities With Upcoming UK Propulsion Technology Agreement

28 August 2026

Judiciary News

Orissa HC Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Former DGP Y.B. Khurania Over 2025 Order

29 August 2026

Punjab Cash-for-Transfer Case: HC Seeks ED Communications to DGP, Issues Notices on PIL for CBI Probe

29 August 2026

Gujarat High Court Exposes AI-Generated Fake Case Laws In Tax Proceedings

27 August 2026

What Triggered The Collegium's Review Of Rajasthan Acting Chief Justice?

27 August 2026

CSR News

How a Scholarship Is Helping Build India’s Next Generation of Doctors

29 August 2026

GRSE Wins CSR Times Award 2026 for ‘Hockey for Her’ Initiative Empowering Tribal Girls

29 August 2026

NLC India Strengthens Public Healthcare Facilities at PBM Hospital, Bikaner Under CSR Initiative

27 August 2026

SECL Launches CSR Project for Integrated Education of Differently-Abled Children in Chhattisgarh

26 August 2026

Opinion

Features

Two Chairmen, Two Exits, One Governance Question: Who Really Exercises Power?

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

The Mecca Pact Should Worry New Delhi, Just Not for The Reason Most Analysts Are Giving

Col MV Shashidhar

Cartoon of the Week

Beyond Bureaucracy

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

UPSC Stories

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Father Died, Family Turned to Farming: How Pankaj Kamboj Fought His Way to CAPF

21 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

After losing his father at 14 and helping his family survive through farming, Pankaj Kamboj turned repeated...

A Failed Prelims, A Fractured Leg & One More Shot: How Prachi Jain Made AIR 714

13 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Prachi Jain secured AIR 714 in UPSC CSE 2025 after setbacks, injury and two interviews, and now prepares...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...

Innocence at Risk: A Father-Daughter Dialogue on Protecting Childhood in the Age of Algorithms

19 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Written by lawyer Aishwarya Srivastava and her father, retired IPS officer Dr Shailendra Srivastava,...

A Rainy Mumbai, a Gentle Giant and Two Best Friends: The World of Rain Holiday

15 August 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

A tender, imaginative tale of friendship, emotions and childhood, where a gentle giant named Mighty becomes...